Language Attitudes in the American Deaf Community / Joseph Christopher Hill.

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Language Attitudes -- The American Deaf Community -- Subjects and Signing Samples in the Study -- Perceptions of Signing -- Effect of Social Information on Perceptions -- Evaluation of Signing Types -- Description of Signing -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Subjects' Responses on the Background Questionnaire -- Appendix B. Language Judgment Scale -- Appendix C. Language Feature Interview.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-185) and index.

This analysis focuses on affective, cognitive, and behavioral types of evaluative responses toward particular language varieties, such as ASL, contact signing, and Signed English. This work takes into account the perceptions of these signing types among the social groups of the American Deaf community that vary based on generation, age of acquisition, and race. The author also gauges the effects of social information on these perceptions and the evaluations and descriptions of signing that results from their different concepts of a signing standard. This book concludes that the value of standard ASL will continue to rise and the Deaf/Hearing cultural dichotomy will remain relevant without the occurrence of a dramatic cultural shift.

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